Flue-supporting structure.



:R. T. ANDERSON. FLUE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18,1914.

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ROBERT T. ANDERSON, POPE, MISSISSIPPI.

FLUE-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915..

Application filed May 18, 1914. Serial No. 839,413.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT T. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Pope, in the county of Panola and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flue-Supporting Structures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a flue supporting structure and it has for itsobject the provision of an improved device of this character adapted tosupport the flue and to arrange the parts in such manner that dangerfrom fire will be effectually avoided.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fluesupporting structure constructed in accordance with the invention withthe adjacent joists in dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtherethrough.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the figures ofthe drawing.

In the drawing the numeral 5 designates the floor joists, 6 designatestwo-by-four supporting pieces in between said joists and over which thehook portions 7 of stirrups 8 engage. Bars of sheet metal 9 extendbetween the stirrups and are supported thereby and together with thestirrups form a rectangular support for a base plate 10. This base platesupports the bricks 11 forming the flue and it will be seen from aninspection of Fig. 2 that the stirrups and the base plate dependslightly below the lower edge of the joists; in other words, so thatthey will lie slightly below the ceiling indicated at 12.

On the base plate 10 is formed a plurality of points 13 which extendupwardly about a central opening 14 and yieldingly engage the stove pipeindicated at 15. This arrangement of the points 13 not only permits theyielding engagement of the stove pipe, but it renders it possible to usestove pipes of varying sizes. The plate 10 and the point of entry of thestove pipe is supported entirely below the line of the ceiling and sinceeverything above the plate 10 is inclosed by the wall of brick 11,forming the flue, it follows that fire is effectually guarded against.

Nhile the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve thepurposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, butincludes within its purview such changes as may be made within the scopeof the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

A device of the character described comprising in combination a pair ofU shaped stirrups the legs of which are bent to hook formation at theirterminals to adapt them to engage over spaced supports, said stirrupslying in spaced relation to each other, bars extending between saidstirrups with their ends resting upon said stirrups, said stirrups andsaid bars together comprising an open, rectangular and continuoussupport and a sheet metal plate supported upon said bars and saidstirrups and completely overlying said bars and the horizontal portionsof the stirrups said plate serving as a base and a closure for thebottomof a brick flue, said bars and said stirrups underlying the lineof the bricks of which the flue is made and said plate having an openingformed therein for the reception of a stove 1 e. p In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT T. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

E. J. MAGEE, G. W. GUNN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner'of Patents, Washington, D. C.

